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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71671</law_id><section_number>40.1-5</section_number><catch_line>Governor to appoint Commissioner of Labor and Industry</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="40.1">Labor and Employment</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">Department of Labor and Industry</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The Governor shall appoint, by and with the consent of the General Assembly, some suitable person identified with the labor interests of the Commonwealth, who shall be designated <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> of Labor and Industry. The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall, upon the request of the Governor, furnish such information as he may require. The <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor for a term coincident with that of the Governor.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 40-3; 1962, c. 66; 1970, c. 321; 1978, c. 372.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
